Sources of distinctness of juvenile plumage in Western Palearctic passerines

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 440-454

  Moreno, Juan ^a   Soler, Juan J ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nestling diet; Nonbreeding season; Phylogeny; Predation; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; FLEDGING; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HABITAT TYPE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NESTLING; PALEARCTIC REGION; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENT; PLUMAGE; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL STATUS;

AVES;

EID: 78751532700     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01589.x     Document Type: Article

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